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From mobile phones to new Text to 911 system, the job of a Metro Net dispatcher has dramatically changed in last two decades
Twenty-five years ago, when Tracy Nolan began her career as a dispatcher with the Buena Park PD, answering 911 calls…
After handing out Thanksgiving meals to needy families, TPD holds annual ‘Turkey Bowl’ flag football match
On Wednesday, Nov. 27, the Tustin PD handed out Thanksgiving meals to 125 needy families. A couple of hours later,…
The sun was setting and so was their 12-hour shift. The pilots of Orange County Sheriff’s Department helicopter Duke 1…
The 33-year tenure of Police Chief Dan Hughes as a member of the Fullerton Police Department is days away from…
Kelly Shelton was giving her husband grief. There he was, lying in a hospital bed gravely ill, when he told…
The Garden Grove PD is seeking witnesses to a fatal traffic accident Tuesday night involving a pedestrian who appeared to…
Two police officers were shot and killed this morning (Wed., Nov. 2) in Iowa. While this is still a developing…
When Gary Gomer began working as a mechanic for the Fullerton Police Department, mood rings, pet rocks and Rubik’s cubes…